Author profile
Aaron de Mello
Senior Engineering Manager
Aaron de Mello is a software engineer and engineering manager at Nylas, where he works on the Scheduler team and developer-facing libraries. He built @nylas/connect, a zero-boilerplate OAuth flow that reduces connecting a user's email and calendar to a single call. Earlier in his career he built systems across the finance and health industries in Node.js, React, Java, and AWS, and he holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto. His guides focus on practical setup paths and provider integration tradeoffs.
Areas of expertise
- Engineering Management
- Developer Experience
- OAuth
- Email APIs
- CLI tools
Profiles
Guides on this site
- List Fastmail emails from the CLI
List Fastmail emails from the CLI through Nylas IMAP access, using app passwords, inbox filters, JSON output, and Fastmail-specific auth troubleshooting.
- Send Email From a Docker Container
Cloud providers block SMTP port 25 from containers. Send email over an HTTPS API on port 443 with one command and no mail daemon at all.
- Build a Mem0 Email Agent
Give a Mem0-backed agent email by wrapping the Nylas CLI as a tool — one subprocess call per action, JSON in and out, with persistent memory across sessions.
- Build an Atomic Agents Email Agent
Give an Atomic Agents agent email by wrapping the Nylas CLI in a Pydantic schema-typed tool — one subprocess call per action, JSON in and out, 6 providers.
- Build a SuperAGI Email Agent
Give a SuperAGI agent email by wrapping the Nylas CLI as a custom Tool — one subprocess call per action, JSON in and out, across six providers, no SDK.
- Extract Meetings and Contacts From Email
An AI agent reads an email, pulls the meeting time and the sender's contact details with a model, and writes a calendar event plus a new contact record.
- Agent Account vs Delegated OAuth
An AI agent can own a managed inbox or OAuth into a user's mailbox. Compare agent accounts and delegated access on setup, isolation, and shutdown blast radius.
- MailerSend vs Nylas: Email Compared
MailerSend sends transactional email from verified domains. Nylas reads and syncs user inboxes across 6 providers. Compare features, pricing, and use cases.
- Paragon vs Nylas: Embedded Integrations
Paragon is an embedded iPaaS for broad SaaS integrations; Nylas is a focused email and calendar API. Compare scope, pricing, AI agent support, and CLI tooling.
- Build an Onboarding Email Agent
Gallup: 12% of new hires feel well onboarded. Build an agent that sends day-0 welcome email, books orientation, and escalates non-responders on one inbox.
- Build a Strands Email Agent
Give a Strands Agents SDK agent email access using the Nylas CLI as a @tool. One function reaches Gmail, Outlook, and 4 more providers — no OAuth code needed.
- Build a Mastra Email Agent
Give a Mastra TypeScript agent email by wrapping the Nylas CLI as a createTool — one subprocess call, JSON in and out, across Gmail, Outlook, and more.